EPL 2001/02 - Chelsea vs Liverpool

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00:00Premier League and the floodlights were on long before the match as Liverpool visited Stamford Bridge for a top-of-the-table clash
00:06A venue that rarely provided much comfort and joy for Liverpool
00:09It was six long seasons since they'd even picked up a point here
00:16French duo Marcel Desailly and Emmanuel Petit were missing for the home side
00:20But Graeme Leseau had been declared fit
00:23Jimmy Floyd Hasselbank was top scorer with 12 goals
00:27Liverpool were defending a record of five consecutive clean sheets
00:30But they were without Michael Owen who hadn't travelled because of a leg injury
00:34Yari Lipmanen replaced him while Igor Bishkan was preferred to Patrick Berger
00:40Both sides had lost only twice since the season began
00:43Could Phil Thompson's men give their recuperating manager Gérard Houllier a Christmas tonic
00:48Or would Chelsea, who'd become the draw specialist of the Premier League, hold sway once again in London
00:54A match of real importance for the visitors who began the day nine points ahead of Chelsea in the table
01:00Your commentator is Ian Dark
01:06Well is this the day that the Reds break the hoodoo that they have on visits to Stamford Bridge
01:13That last victory here in 1989 goes right back to the days when
01:18John Barnes and Peter Beardsley were playing for them
01:22Mind you older Liverpool fans will remember that they did clinch the title here in 1986
01:29Kenny Dalglish and all that
01:35What Chelsea will turn up today I wonder
01:37Lampard looking to play this forward
01:40Hasselbank is called in for his first of many conversations with the officials this afternoon
01:47That's one thing you can be certain of in what is always an uncertain game
01:51It's the same towards Lipmanen but Melchiette was there and beat him in the air
01:56Lampard
01:59A little slip and Herpio was able to take over
02:02Chelsea did
02:03Win at Stamford Bridge in midweek against Newcastle and that has set them up for a glamorous
02:08Worthington Cup semi-final against
02:11Tottenham
02:12A little knock early on for Hasselbank
02:18Stanic
02:19battling away on that right-hand side
02:22A little slip
02:23and
02:24Herpio was able to take over
02:32Babayaro
02:40It's Babayaro
02:42Who's got instructions to overlap
02:44As often as he can, Leso might just tuck in field a little
02:48To allow him to do that on occasions
02:51This is Galas
02:53Who's become a favourite with the Chelsea fans, Leso
02:58Babayaro the Nigerian
03:02Those two could quite easily swap positions
03:04And it probably wouldn't harm Chelsea at all
03:10Dalabona helps it on
03:12Leso wide, now Hasselbank
03:16Now here's Leso with a great chance
03:18And he surely must score and does
03:20Chelsea are ahead in no time at all
03:25And is the Liverpool jinx at Stamford Bridge about to strike again?
03:33Well, this Liverpool defence which has kept
03:37Five consecutive clean sheets
03:39Absolutely asleep there
03:41And Leso crept in
03:43And at the second time of asking
03:45Put it in the back of the net
03:48And the Liverpool defence seem mesmerised
03:52They just didn't pick up Graham Leso's run at all
04:03Reeses up and under star clearance
04:07John Terry
04:09And Pudicini
04:11For all his gallant efforts
04:13Could not prevent the corner
04:17Terry getting rave reviews and must be close
04:21To a major call-up by Sven-Jørgen Eriksson
04:25As progress being monitored by the week
04:29McAllister though with the corner
04:31As Liverpool look to bite back quickly
04:36Herpia got the little flick on
04:37Pudicini, then off the line by Gallas
04:39And somehow it stays out of that net
04:42Herpia caused havoc with his near post header
04:49Up he goes, there's his little flick on
04:51Pudicini, great bit of work, Gallas as well
04:55And Herpia again
04:57Onto the roof of the net
05:00McAllister
05:01Herpia again is the target
05:05And this time it was Heskey
05:08Who got something on it on that near post
05:12Now this goalkeeper who came from the Italian 3rd Division
05:15To Chelsea
05:17Distinguishing himself
05:19Since his return to the side
05:20That is a fantastic save
05:22That was the first incident
05:25Stamich with the determined run
05:47Jotzi Dudek
05:49A strange experience of picking the ball
05:51Out of the back of his net
05:52He was almost beginning to forget
05:54What it felt like
06:03Carragher
06:06And that's a mistake
06:07It's set up, Hasselbeck
06:08He loves it from out there
06:10And it was on target
06:12And it required a very good save
06:14From Dudek
06:17Liverpool being hurried into errors here
06:20That's Lasso putting Carragher under pressure
06:22Possession lost
06:24Of all people to give it to
06:25Hasselbeck
06:26And didn't he get hold of it
06:31Good save
06:37Here's Lasso with the corner
06:39For a rampant Chelsea
06:43Pressure's really on and
06:45This time it's Gallabona
06:48The young Italian who
06:50Puts the ball wide
06:58Liverpool remember held at home
07:000-0 by Fulham in midweek
07:02At Anfield
07:03At Murphy
07:04Again he finds Heskey
07:06But a bit unluckily
07:08For the big striker
07:09That hit the back of his heel
07:10As he was running
07:18Chelsea by the way have drawn
07:229 of 16 matches
07:26So far
07:27Their only defeats
07:28At West Ham
07:29And at home here the other day
07:31Against Chelten
07:32Now that Gerrard gets him behind
07:34Great opportunity for the equaliser
07:36And Cunicini who's in great form
07:38Saves again
07:43But look at this
07:45It's Bishkan
07:48Has a little bit of time
07:49Looks up
07:50Sees Gerrard
07:51Now Babayaro rather sold himself
07:54And Gerrard
07:55Got past him
07:56And Terry
07:58But Cunicini made a vital save
08:00To preserve Chelsea's lead
08:05Here's the corner kick
08:15Carriger
08:19Gary McAllister
08:23Carriger once more
08:32Liverpool beginning to turn up the heat a little here
08:38Even Herpia being pushed forward to join the attack
08:41And Ancho here has given away the corner
08:44And that was needless
08:46He didn't seem under any kind of pressure
08:5825 minutes gone
08:59Chelsea 1
09:00Liverpool 0
09:03Dudek took a little knock it seemed to me
09:05On his way to the ball
09:06Said he'd well to get something on it
09:14Goal! Goal! Goal!
09:24Welcome Chelsea
09:26Rub it in with a second goal here
09:29Lasso
09:30Good pace on the ball
09:32And well won by the Liverpool defenders
09:34Galabona is the player who picks it up
09:36It's Lasso again
09:37Quickly closed down
09:39By Gary McAllister
09:45Good Johnson with the lay-off
09:48Stanich
09:49Malchut plays it in
09:52And Good Johnson
09:54Is crowded out
10:03Reeser down the line
10:05Lipmanen
10:10Now Danny Murphy
10:14He's got a more than even chance I'd say
10:17Of being in England's World Cup 22
10:19With his midfield versatility
10:21Seems to be able to play in any of the midfield positions
10:25McAllister
10:26Now Reeser
10:30Better from Liverpool
10:33Can't quite find Heskey
10:34But it's Bishkan!
10:36And once again
10:37Cudicini did enough
10:41He says there was a handball in here
10:43There
10:44One or two of the Chelsea players appealing
10:46That would have been a controversial one had it gone in
10:49Bishkan looking for his first
10:51Premiership goal
10:57Well I thought that might have touched Cudicini on the way through
11:01Goal kick given
11:06Good Johnson
11:08Finds Hasselbank
11:09It's Jimmy Floyd Hasselbank
11:11And it's 2-0
11:14Well he is an ace goalscorer and no doubt
11:25Well his goal took Chelsea into the semi-finals of the Worthington Cup
11:29Against Newcastle
11:30Good Johnson
11:34And what a lovely finish
11:35From Jimmy Floyd Hasselbank
11:39Lovely ball too
11:40From Good Johnson
11:42And Carragher was just shrugged aside
12:07Hasselbank
12:11Lampard
12:12Onto his right foot
12:14And Dudek
12:17Was in the wrong position in a way
12:19But was able to recover the ball
12:21And that was really because Lampard couldn't get the shot out from under his feet
12:26Good opportunity
12:41Bishkan's on the chase
12:44Galas was across
12:50There's the half-time whistle
12:53Stunning first half performance really
12:55By Chelsea who looked super motivated
12:57From the very first whistle
13:00Graham Lassoe and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbank
13:03With the goals
13:04Lampard might have added another one too
13:06Cudicini had to make a couple of very good saves mind you
13:10One from under the bar after Herpiger had knocked on a corner kick
13:13And then
13:14A good save too from Steven Gerrard
13:16But Chelsea
13:17A good value for this lead
13:182-0
13:19At half-time
13:20To Chelsea
13:24And Chelsea who'd scored only
13:26Eight goals at home in the league all season before today
13:30Have added two here
13:37Now Claudio Ranieri
13:39Feels he's taking Chelsea in the right direction
13:42It's certainly a very hard side to beat
14:06Right joining in on the outside
14:08The substitute
14:09And Liverpool get a corner
14:19And this might be
14:21Their best hope of getting back into it
14:23Something from a set piece
14:26Not been creating too much in open play
14:31McAllister
14:32Herpiger got something on it
14:33Cudicini
14:34Off the line again
14:35And
14:36Neither Carragher
14:37Nor Lipmanen
14:38Could apply any kind of finish on the back post
14:40Risa
14:41Puts it back in there
14:42This time it's easy
14:43For Cudicini
14:44But again
14:45This goalkeeper distinguishes himself
14:50And once more
14:51It was McAllister's
14:53Chip to the near post
14:54And Herpiger's header
14:56That caused the problem
14:59McAllister
15:00Hit long
15:01Behescu's outnumbered up there
15:03Lipmanen, that's a good ball
15:04Risa
15:05On his good left foot
15:06Is that a penalty kick?
15:07Mouches
15:08Challenge
15:09And it's given
15:14The referee, Mr Halsey
15:15Is in no doubt at all
15:17And points to the spot
15:22And it's given
15:23And it's given
15:24And it's given
15:25And it's given
15:26And it's given
15:28It's given
15:29And it's given
15:30It's given
15:31It's given
15:32It's given
15:33It's given
15:34It's given
15:35It's given
15:36It's given
15:37It's given
15:38It's given
15:39It's given
15:40It's given
15:41It's given
15:42It's given
15:43It's given
15:44It's given
15:45And Cudicini who saved the spot kick from Kevin Phillips of Sunderland
15:48Last week
15:49Facing Gary McAllister
15:51Who has scored twice
15:52From the spot this season
15:54Though not yet in the league
15:57And he hasn't still! Cunicini does it, two weeks running, can you believe it?
16:05Still 2-0.
16:12And Gary McAllister's day is ruined.
16:18And now Liverpool may really start to think that there's nothing in this for them.
16:28Here's Reese, now being booed by the Chelsea fans who feel he made a meal of it.
16:36This is the penalty kick.
16:39Cunicini guessed right and saved well low.
16:46If it stays like this...
16:50It's going to mean that Chelsea move up to sixth place above Tottenham Hotspur.
16:58It will also mean that within six points of Liverpool, the leaders maybe more significantly.
17:06Stanich.
17:10Carragher wins it.
17:14Carragher quite happy to play anywhere so long as he gets a game, he says, for his beloved Liverpool.
17:21He was born and bred on Merseyside, in fact, born in Bootle.
17:27And here he is in possession now.
17:39Wright.
17:40Too long for Heskey, he might get a chance to win it back.
17:43Does, finds Murphy, now Reeser!
17:46Had to just dig the shot out from under his feet a bit.
17:51Didn't have the room to really crack it hard.
17:58Liverpool better in this second half.
18:03Just beginning to ask some questions.
18:06And they may still feel...
18:10They could salvage something from this.
18:17But the feeling is they need something quite soon.
18:21Carragher.
18:22Lay-on.
18:24And Goodjohnson, on his own, with Herpia and Onshoe.
18:28Gets past Herpia, tries the shot, does well.
18:31He really manufactured something from nothing there, Ida Goodjohnson.
18:40Now then, Murphy for Liverpool, and then McAllister!
18:43Denied it!
18:45Now then, Murphy for Liverpool, and then McAllister!
18:49Denied again by the heroic Carlo Cudicini.
18:53What a game this goalkeeper's having.
18:58Well, Claudio Ranieri said in the week
19:01that Cudicini is my No. 1 keeper around here.
19:05Ed de Huy's fit again.
19:07Now he's on the bench today, and I think the way this guy's playing,
19:10he's gonna stay there.
19:15Oh, no!
19:22McAllister.
19:24Good ball. Finds Riise.
19:26Cuts inside, can he hit it with the right foot? Yes, he can!
19:29Cudicini with his legs this time.
19:31He was committed to going the other way,
19:33but just left a trailing leg in there to save it.
19:36Now Hasselbank.
19:38He's away here. It's Jimmy Floyd-Hasselbank.
19:41And he can finish the argument completely,
19:43but he can't, because Stefan Ancho
19:45did a fantastic job in blocking the shot.
19:48He delayed it and delayed it and delayed it,
19:51and in the end, he delayed it too long.
19:55Here's Lasso as Chelsea try to rub salt into Liverpool wounds
19:59with a third.
20:05Fabiaro.
20:07Nope.
20:1420 minutes remaining.
20:16Still plenty of time, really, for Liverpool.
20:19Particularly if they would have just nick one.
20:23That would really change the mood of the game, you feel.
20:30They might have quite easily grabbed one in this second half.
20:34It's been a better performance by Liverpool
20:39since the half-time break.
20:43And but for Cudicini,
20:45they might have been more seriously in the argument than they are.
20:51Meanwhile, Dallabona.
20:54Towards Hasselbank.
20:58Bed wide for Lasso, who cuts it back, and it's Lampard!
21:02And surely, yes, by Sam Dallabona!
21:06Three-nil Chelsea!
21:08And that surely locks up the points.
21:14Relief all around Stamford Bridge.
21:18Because the goal comes after
21:21a spell of Liverpool pressure
21:24since half-time.
21:25Lasso's cross falls nicely for Lampard,
21:28and it deflected there off Carragher,
21:31rather freakishly, Liverpool might feel,
21:36to set up Dallabona. Look at that.
21:38First off Carragher, then off Dudek,
21:40and it was an open goal.
21:51Now, here's Hasselbank.
21:53He's got a great little burst of pace.
21:56And can they finish it there with Gudjonsson?
21:58No, once, twice!
22:00He still can't put it in the back of the net.
22:04Well, either Gudjonsson
22:07must have felt here
22:09it was just a matter of time.
22:10He thought the angle was a bit difficult,
22:12hit it with the left foot,
22:13that was a better angle on the volley, but wide.
22:27Chelsea know the points are pouched now.
22:29Zendon.
22:32This is played deep towards Gudjonsson,
22:34but it's Dudek's.
22:39That's going to be a long trip back north
22:42for Liverpool after this one,
22:43and they have to regroup
22:45for what is a very big match against Arsenal.
22:48They'll have the chance next week
22:50to draw level with them at the top,
22:52if they can win at Anfield.
22:58Here's Mouchet.
23:02Chelsea enjoying themselves,
23:04and they've got the ball.
23:07Chelsea enjoying themselves,
23:08and they might do a bit more here with Zola,
23:11pulls it back,
23:12and Gudjonsson, second attempt,
23:14four goals for Chelsea!
23:17And that last one put them above Manchester United
23:20up to fifth place.
23:21It's either Gudjonsson
23:25and Liverpool
23:26having their noses rubbed
23:28into the Stamford Bridge dirt here.
23:33Zola, lovely ball
23:35down the side.
23:37Zola looked up, picked out Gudjonsson,
23:39Dudek saved first time, not second.
23:42Thank you, say Chelsea.
23:46Who are scoring their biggest win of the season,
23:49and it's Liverpool's heaviest defeat.
23:58Liverpool just have to hope this is a blip,
24:01and normal service is quickly resumed.
24:05They can't afford for it to become a bad trot.
24:10Gerrard.
24:12Risa.
24:14And Lipmanen on the volley,
24:16claims handball.
24:18But the referee blows the final whistle instead.
24:22What a win for Claudio Ranieri's side,
24:25and Phil Thompson has had such a great time, really,
24:29since taking over from the
24:33sick but happily recovering Gerrard Houllier.
24:37Has a different kind of reality crowding in on him tonight.
24:41Chelsea move into fifth place with a thumping 4-0 win
24:45over the league leaders, Liverpool.
24:48Chelsea 4, Liverpool 0.
24:52Well, it's not every day that you beat the Premier League leaders by four goals,
24:56a measure of Chelsea's achievement.
24:58After their progress had stuttered under Gianluca Vialli,
25:01Claudio Ranieri was again building a promising squad,
25:04spearheaded by the threat of Hasselbeck, Gudjonsen and Zola up front.
25:09That December afternoon wouldn't have made pleasurable viewing for Gerrard Houllier,
25:13who was recovering from a heart operation,
25:15but better was to come from Liverpool that season.
25:17They managed to beat Chelsea at Anfield,
25:19and finished strongly enough to claim the runners-up spot.
25:22Inconsistency was Chelsea's...